Itv wrote.......
The Queen spoke of a “constructive and supportive way” forward for her grandson.
This was not an easy decision nor was it an easy process.
And it was particularly significant that the Queen spoke of how she recognised the “intense scrutiny over the last two years” which had effectively pushed Harry and Meghan out.
But she speaks in a very personal way when she says “Harry, Meghan and Archie will always be much loved members of my family”.
She also wrote how Meghan “has so quickly become one of the family.”
It’s clear they don’t want there to be any hint of tension over this decision – but we know a lot of it has been going on behind the scenes.
So, despite the acrimony which erupted when Harry and Meghan made their big announcement last week, the Queen spoke of “many months of conversations” and then “more recent discussions”.
The Sussexes did not want people to think they had “blindsided” their family with this – so it suggests they had at least mentioned the plan in some informal way before Christmas.
The couple have the permission from the Queen to stay in Frogmore Cottage but in what was perhaps a very wise move on Harry and Meghan's part, they have decided to reimburse the Sovereign Grant – the £2.4 million that it cost to refurbish it.
They will also pay rent and the running costs going forward to deflect any criticism.
That is important as they will spend the “majority of their time” - said a Palace source - in North America.
Harry will drop all his military titles – including Captain General of the Royal Marines, which he was handed by his grandfather the Duke of Edinburgh after his retirement in his mid-90s.
Harry and Meghan’s “more independent life” as it has been called, will involve making money themselves but they have pledged that any commercial deal they do in the future will continue to “uphold the values of the Queen.”
And while they will take no further money from the Sovereign Grant, the publicly funded part of the Royal fiances, Harry’s father, the Prince of Wales, has confirmed he will continue to fund the Sussexes from his private estate, the Duchy of Cornwall.
The Queen wishes Harry and Meghan a “happy and peaceful new life”.
There has been a lot of speculation about whether or not this was an “exit” from the Royal Family by Harry and Meghan.
It certainly feels that way now.''
From itv.com
Na wah................Lieb voll to the Sussexes.....I am just still amazed at how everything got messed up.
what a pity
Wow! Just wow!🚶♂️
ReplyDeleteSo they striped him of everything. He is now just harry no hrh. Don't know how I feel about this.
DeleteNo wahala. Let them just respect the poor old Queen's values and not have ctiminal mug shots and sex tapes soon. If they should divorce as seems the plan of MM here, let it be private as well.
DeleteThose who know Harry know he is jealous of his brother as their and resentfulnofnhis role as spare. So let him go ton Canada and be king of his own castle in he can.
DeleteSee how you people create issues where there are non. Why should he be jealous of his brother? Why? He is not even yet the king and who knows when he will be, 20 or 30 or more years.
DeleteAnon 11.57 you no sabi hehehehe e go clear you for eye
DeleteSomeone leaves all his birth right,privileges/part of inheritance and legacy for his kids because of a woman.
DeleteHarry was always well loved by everyone even more than William because of his friendly warm personality. He is now looking like a shadow of himself. Like someone that all the problems of the worlds on his shoulder.
You knew this man was a royal and had duties he was born with before marrying him. Just like you marry a nurse that does only night shift and is never at home even before you married her. You now start complaining she's not there to serve you dinner and warm your bed nightly.
Beds and Roses, it's such a big shame. I sincerely feel for Harry honestly.
DeleteI just pray the marriage lasts. We don't know what they've been or going through but I just feel it's just too early. Their marriage isn't even 2 years and all of these 🤷🏾♀️😱.
May God touch and uphold them.
Poor Archie
11:15, please greet the queen for me. Since you know them one on one and you live in the east wing of the Buckingham palace.
DeleteLmao@ those who know Harry. Indeed!!!
@ Bed and Roses, you people should stop bearing false witness om issues you are not sure of.. It is not fair on Meghan. Harry has always wanted to walk away from all these wahala, no be today, chai women!!!
DeleteThis reminds me of my husband and his elder brother. They have always had issues and I get blamed for it even though they have had these issues since they were kids. Before I even met him, they didn't talk to each other for 3 years. How easy is it to control a full grown man?
See how Meghan has succeeded in striping Harry of his royal privileges.
ReplyDeleteJust goes to show NOTHING is impossible. The fact that something has been a certain way for centuries doesn't mean it cannot change and seemingly overnight for that matter.
ReplyDeleteNawa oooo but she knew right from the start that Harry is from a Royal home, so why did she start what she couldn't finish. You want a private life then why marry from a royal family.
ReplyDeleteExactly my point. Harry that has been a prince and lived as a royal all his life. I wonder how he will cope. This meghan is bad news abeg.
DeleteHahahaha now the Markle family can go and rest. They have little connection to the BRF. That her sister that is always talking to press for money meanwhile she has 3 kids and has lost legal custody of 2. All 3 of her kids dont relate with her in the trailer park she lives in yet she is talking about Meghan
DeleteAnyway the royal family should look for a way to have the kids of William and Kate engaged and married to people who are princes and princesses in Europe. Water finds it own level ho ha. There are royal families in Denmark, Luxembourg, Sweden , Netherlands, Monaco, Spain and even pretenders in France and Russia. Take a cue from great great great grand ma Queen Victoria and marry fellow royals who understand the game and not people who are stepping back from royal duty. After all Victoria ensured the longevity of the British monarchy with strategic marriages when other royal households around the world were declining and it was commendable
@11.21, but that is exactly what they tried with Charles & Diana and it didn't work. The Queen knew she couldn't stop Harry from marrying Meghan. One thing I learnt from all this is that life ain't perfect. No matter how royal you raise them, there is always that Prince who will fall in love with a peasant. There's always another who will give up the throne. Even in Naija, not all family friend match-making works out. Not all same tribe-same church same everything marriage works out. Not all in law relationships are wonderful, in fact only few are. Life is just not perfect. Also, every family has wahala. Rich, poor, royal, celeb. Every single one.
DeleteAnon 12.15 I appreciate your take too but Anon 11.21 kinda has a point. Actress Grace Kelly was married in Monaco. She acted graciously and made a name for herself but Meghan? Wow I dont know why she is acting like a Maga 🙄
DeleteIt's such a big shame tbh, I watched Meghans sisters interview last week on ITV and I'm like who are these idiots. Even a commoner shouldn't marry into that family.
DeleteYeye people.
I feel for Harry in all of these.
The end of marrying an outsider let alone a Biracial/black.
DeleteThe queen accepted Meghan so that people won't call her a racist and now this... Meghan I raise Beyonce hand for you. Must she follow Harry in his quest to break out?
Kate and Will just sat down there, they cannot call the queen to order to stop this. Fear in laws like them😂😂
ReplyDeleteIf you're Kate will you not be happy?, that Meghan is full of malice.
DeleteThink before you type! Is it so difficult for you???
DeleteMeghan resented her official recessivel role to Kate ooo. She don port to Canada to be Hillywood queen
DeleteIf u watch 'the crown', you'd realise that the even the queen's hands are tied. There are rules to these things. Is it now William and Kate that can do something if the queen can't?
DeleteWhy Kate and Will? Why not Charles their father? Besides, does the Queen answer to any of them? Why would Kate and Will even want to defend them give the bad blood between the two families? Inlaws like them are not the problem but wives like Meghan.
DeleteAproko Queen is being sarcastic.
DeleteLol,aproko queen, i love your sarcasm.
DeleteReal OA,come and take your sub oooh.
For those that know this. If you know you know 😂
DeleteMeghan, tried over and over to become friends with Kate but Kate snubbed her. Only the blind will pretend not to know the truth. You might not believe this but Meghan is the victim in all of this. Her only mistake was marrying Harry.
DeleteBUT CHARLES DENOUNCED THE THRONE TO MARRY CAMILLA! Though not in this dramatic way sha 🤔🤔🤔🤔
DeleteGood for Harry and Meghan if that's what they want.
ReplyDeleteI wish Harry, meghan and baby archie all the best and love!
ReplyDeleteFear woman o
ReplyDeleteHarry had been scheming to leave the BRF for a long time. He is consistently rewarded for bad behaviour unfair to his dutiful brother. Let him go na
DeleteNa wa o!
ReplyDeleteHope the people of Canada wont start chasing Meghan away as well as she dey wonkain
DeleteI love their move,if they are tired of living all their life by laid down rules and want to breath so be it.
ReplyDeleteIt is well.
ReplyDeleteWell, bye pooooh!
ReplyDeleteI just hope after some years Megan won't dump Harry, I don't see these ending well.She knows he was a prince and was prep for all that comes with royalty, so I want to believe she is selfish and highly manipulative.
ReplyDeleteIt will happen soon.
DeleteDefinitely Meghan will leave him. She is more prepared for hustling life than him and has potential to make billions. ..dont even get started on his perceived mental illness. Harry go shout Haba lol.
DeleteI don't know why I have that fear that she may leave him in future! This is heartbreaking
DeleteNigerian women who are constantly bitter about the interference of in-laws in their married life are bashing Harry and Meghan. Pele o! I pray they grow happily together.
ReplyDeleteHonestly i don't understand women. Harry had always wanted out, even before he met or smelt Meghan. He was tired of the stereotyped royal life and always wanted to break free.
DeleteHow do you know he wanted out? Did he phone you to tell you.
DeleteAsk them o. Did he telephone them?
DeleteHas Harry ever worked as in worked before? Can his new earnings maintain 'high-end' and social climbing Megain? Will Megain in her woke mentality sustainabily fend for him and archie or bail out once his inheritance depletes? I hope she will not dump him like a pack of cards once she is through with using him? I just hope Harry is prepared for the real world and hustle?
ReplyDeleteBabe don plan am since. Hehehehe even his baby Archie will be ghosted from him soon when she gets a guy with a better hairline
Delete12:16😂😂😅
DeleteSacked by the Queen. Correct!
ReplyDeleteMEGAIN never stops using people. She has used Harry to climb to the highest platform. Now that she has stripped him of his hwritage ill-advisedly, what is next up her 'smart' sleeves as she is more educated and street wiser than him? Its just a matter of time before she realises that the real joke would be on her in the long-term. She never know the Monarchy at all.
ReplyDeleteAnon 11. 50 you sabi wella. It's open season for her as she will iw be easy prey for Hollywood sharks and not have access to all royal connections that may cover up some indiscretions for her . It wont be pretty
DeleteNext time royal marry royal...simple
DeleteThe story has just started...
ReplyDeleteIt's alright.
ReplyDeleteAll these would not have happened under Sir Churchill's watch. Meghan is lucky.
ReplyDeleteWhat would Churchill have done that the Queen is incapable of doing?
DeleteCastle Windsor, I know but remember times have changed.
DeleteChildren these days get what they want whether you agree with them or not. So if Churchhill were to be alive, he wouldn't be able to do NADA!
It's not all that bad, Harry will still be receiving his annual pay from his father's estate.
ReplyDeleteMegain Adaleru, Iyawo Rada Rada and Jati Jati.
ReplyDeleteI'm so shocked that Nigerians especially ladies aren't wishing them well. Have you seen how Meghan is used as fodder for those stiff necked British people's gossip and slander.
ReplyDeleteEvery single thing she does is criticized and exaggerated and their defense is "we pay her bills". This is simply their way of saying, "stop the payments so we can have some breathing space"
I can't remember how many times I have seen this "Frogmore renovations" on Daily Mail, so their refunding them is in order. Harry has little or no chance of being king, why can't he have peace with the woman he loves?
Is it out of place for his father to give him an allowance from his own estate? Most rich men children have such previledges. Everyone seems to have forgotten Meghan had a comfortable life before Harry.
I wish them all the best and really hope they prove the naysayers wrong with outstanding achievements after stepping back as Senior Royals.
@Ammon 13.44. Thank you very much. I'm shocked at the level of hatred people seen to have for meghan markel based on the nonsense the British press gave been and her half siblings have been spewing about her. What exactly dud she do wrong thst no week can pass without one horrible write up or another about her. I wish them the very best.
Delete13:44 & Everly, God bless u guys. It's really refreshing to hear from ppl who are TRULY 'woke' on matters.
DeleteFinal plot will be when Meghan will dump Harry when she meet & marry a Russian billionaire who willl adopt Archie to raise him in a super fabulous wealth. Then Harry will find his levels again & re- marry to a badass Morroco/middle east & European (mixed race woman) who runs in the upper class elite circles with multi million euros mansions scattered all over the world.
ReplyDeleteIn the end, according to Meghan's mum, everybody will be fine, Las - Las.
What will somebody who already has the best money can afford, state security, honour, topnotch connections, worldwide respect, family stability and decency, plus so much more, expect to get out of the extra cash of a Russian billionaire? Is it in his house that she will find perfection and no rules? Will the billionnaire love her son more than his biological father would? Will he show Meghan more love than her present husband has? Who will even allow Meghan go away with her son? The RF? I seriously doubt it. Meghan has already hit jackpot. Anybody who truly understands life and the way the world works knows it; and I blv Meghan is intelligent enough to figure.
DeleteThe type of mean bad press meghan markel has received from the British press since the day Prince Harry announced their engagement has been shocking. I'm surprised people don't realised that there is a well. Orchestrated attempt to drag this woman down for no just cause. I'm actually shocked by the comments on this blog. Someone you ce not known or delay with, you j7udge her based on what the British press wrote about her! You think they like her? You think they are happy with her? Or with Harry for "desecrating" ygr briyidh royalty and daring to bring in a black blood into the precious British monarch? And her step siblings, you think they are happy with her and her "progress". It takes a woman of steel to survive what thus woman has gone thru fans I applaud her courage and classy carriage in the midst of so much hatred (it's obvious the British press don't like her much as they would pretend that they are only writing "facts". There s no week the don't write so ethibg bad about her! Is she the only royalty? Why pick on her like this? I pray that they finally let her be and that she will find peace and happiness with her husband in their new life. That lady has truly been thru hell. I pray none of the people in this blog judging her go thru half of what she has been thru.
ReplyDeleteYou are extremely gullible.
DeleteShe should have expected it and grown thick skin considering the circumstances surrounding their marriage. It didnt seem like it was ever gon be a walk in the park from the onset. At least for a while.
DeleteI hope you know the Queen has a last born son called Prince Edward and his wife Sophie that looks like Diana.
DeleteHow many times do you see them. They also live a very private life where they work on their personal projects. You only see them once in a blue moon. Harry and Meghan cld have taken that route instead of all this charade. They do private projects,cut down on royal obligations and still spend half their time in Canada. Before you know it everyone will forget Meghan and focus on another celebrity.
No, they can’t forget about Meghan! She’s married to the second born son of Princess Diana. She bi-racial and she’s controversial. That’s food for the media right there..
Delete@Ammon 14.12, you are the one that is extremely gullible if you choose to believe the trssh the British press has written about that lady week after week non stop for over 2 years without stopping to think for once what could be the underlying reason behind the relentless attacks on her. I hope they will let her be now.
DeleteGod bless you Everly Rockin, you are a good person.🙏
DeleteEverly Rockin', God bless u, indeed for this. U took the words right out of my mouth. Anon@14:12, U are the TRULY gullible one! Ppl like u raise the suspicion that the same PR machinery that has been hounding Meghan has its tentacles on this blog. The other anonymous mentions Edward and Sophie. Well Edward and Sophie have come on board to take on extra duties. They have become more visible but I'm yet to see anything like the sort of opprobrium or mudslinging that has been visited on Meghan, following them about. On the contrary, they are happy Sophie's coming on board. Pray, tell us, what extra thing has Sophie done or not done above and beyond Meghan that would warrant the difference in attitude and reception? Keep living in denial and tell urselves it's not racism. While ur at it google Meghan and Kate Double Standards.
DeleteMe I cannot Forfeit my sweet Royal Life Because of a woman o. I Just hope Harry won't Regret later in life.. And I just hope Meghan won't Divorce him Sha.And when baby Archie is mature he might not be happy with both parent that he did not grow up among the Royals...
ReplyDeleteThe comments from most of the bvs here stem from poverty-mentality. Most Nigerians think only of money, title and materialism.
ReplyDeleteYou bvs writing the 'rest of the story of Harry and Meghan' here are mostly deprived of the basic necessities of life. That's the reason you think losing the Royal title and Sovereign Grant is tragic.
Don't pray to be trapped in wealth and a name that would drain you of your joy and sanity.
Was Kate Middleton suffering poverty mentality while scheming her way to the Crown? Is she still suffering it?
DeleteWhat you dont know is that Megain loves the press and reached out for only positive PR upon her first visit to UK to visit Harry. She discovered the press here isnt as 'cool' as her home country and she went hay wire with gullible Harry. Who is Megain again? Harry dated elite and classy ladies who were scrutinized too, Kate also faced them, won and is winning. Even Diana enjoyed some...Royalty is news,Megain knew and subtly wanted that for fame and fortune. She is too intelligent and exposed not to know that for crying out loud. She had this all planned out which is why she granted that interview while in SA last year. She ordered that Sussex community keep their distance when they see them at Frogmore, who the hell is she again? Sussex people signed petition they should be stripped of the 'Dukedom of Sussex. She wants a press she can dictate to while masquered as a warm, charming and charitable philantrophist, all for PERSONAL GAIN. She couldnt even waith for complete 2 years before CASHING OUT on the 'very boring' monarchy. Did she consider the long-term impact on her newborn son? What exactly is she always FLEEING from? She is too selfish. Why didnt she go for the billions in her industry before Harry came? Why didnt she go for a common/ordinary wealthy guy who abound in Canada, USA and even Africa? Why not guide her spouse to respectfully approach the monarchy about their decision so this could be sorted out privately rather than use the same press to humiliate Her Royal Majesty globally? Yes, this is a family affair but ith a very negative impact on the legaces of the monarchy for crying out loud. How on earth would she be forgiven even if Harry is accepted back later? There are members of the family unheard of, living very private lives in the UK and abroad. Let's see her 'work her woke' magic.
ReplyDeleteAll this epistle for people you do not even know. Well done 🙌
DeleteThat’s the keyword SELFISH. Too much has been sacrificed . Way too much.
DeleteSo the same person u say is too intelligent and exposed not understand the workings of the royal family still was unable to tell that British press wdn't be as'cool' as America's? It's good u asked the question u did. Does it make sense to u that she had to cross the Atlantic to snag a Prince first before climbing her way to success and billions. Which is easier...to get the prince or to get success and billions. There are so many successful ppl and billionaires on earth. If she's as smart and scheming as u say, why wd she need to bother with the prince to actualize her dreams. U guys keep tying urselves up in knots trying to call a dog a bad name to hang it. U can only fool the gullible. Unfortunately they seem to be so many.
DeleteMost of you guys that are abusing Meghan are poor. Period!
ReplyDeleteDo you know what it means to be dragged up and down by these racists British journalists??
Harry doesn't want what happened to his mother Diana to happen to Meghan. He is wise and I commend him for this great decision he has taken. Please note: MONEY AND FAME ARE NOT EVERYTHING.
I wish Meghan and Harry the very best in life.
God bless you anon 21:36, you are a good and objective person 🙏🙏🙏
DeleteWhen one party in a marriage or any relationship is making ground shattering sacrifices for the sake of the union and the other is making little or none . Resentment will likely set in . I hope that will not be their case. Meghan knew what she was up against before she walked into that family, It was a choice that should have been weighed properly, pros and cons properly considered. In my opinion the queen did the best she could . She somewhat left a path for Harry to come back if things don’t pan out. Good luck to them.
ReplyDeleteAnna, it's arguments like urs I tend to admire. U have stated clear concise reasons why resentment can arise. Take note, however, that Meghan also gave up virtually everything to join Harry at the initial period; although some would argue that she had more to gain. 'Depends on how u want to look at it. The arguments that I find silly are those that do topsy turvy to try to get everybody to consider white as black. That some ppl actually accept and digest such hogwash even in the face of clear evidence to the contrary, is truly laughable.
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